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Rubicon Project

Rubicon Project

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Rubicon Project, now operating as Magnite, was an American online advertising technology firm based in Los Angeles, California, formed through a merger with Telaria in 2020.

Last updated Oct 13, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment

Founded
2007
HQ
Los Angeles, California, United States
Connections
60

AI-drafted from public sources19 sources cited

At a glance

Employees
501-1000
Funding
$100M+
Revenue
$100M-$200M
Stock
RUBI
41integrations11competitors1corporate family

About

Was one of the largest independent sell-side platforms (SSPs) in programmatic advertising before merging with Telaria to form Magnite, the world's largest independent omnichannel SSP

Rubicon Project, now operating as Magnite, was an American online advertising technology firm based in Los Angeles, California, formed through a merger with Telaria in 2020. The company provided real-time trading technology that automated the buying and selling of online advertisements, with its platform surpassing Google in U.S. audience reach and serving more than 500 premium publishers transacting with over 100,000 ad brands globally. A flagship product was its Performance Analytics solution, a reporting platform used by thousands of publishers, DSPs, and external customers worldwide to analyze metrics spanning ad requests, bid requests, auction rates, fill rates, and CPMs. Rubicon Project processed trillions of ad and bid requests quarterly, with notable growth across mobile, video, and audio ad spend, reflecting its expanding reach across multiple advertising channels. The merger that created Magnite made the combined entity the world's largest independent omnichannel sell-side platform. Source 1: wikipedia.org — Magnite Inc Source 2: democraticmedia.org — Rubicon Project Deploys MapR for Mission Critical Real- ... Source 3: imply.io — Modernizing Rubicon Project's Analytics Stack for ... - Imply Data

Business model

Marketplace

Target market

Enterprise

What they offer

  • Seller Cloud

    Supply-side platform enabling publishers to manage and monetize their ad inventory programmatically across channels

  • Buyer Cloud

    Demand-side tools enabling advertisers and agencies to access premium publisher inventory at scale

  • Performance Analytics

    Reporting platform used by publishers, DSPs, and external customers to analyze ad requests, bid requests, auction rates, fill rates, and CPMs

  • Orders

    Automated guaranteed and programmatic direct deal management solution connecting buyers and sellers

  • Header Bidding

    Technology enabling publishers to offer inventory to multiple demand sources simultaneously before calling their ad server

Key features

Real-time bidding (RTB) infrastructure processing trillions of ad and bid requests quarterlyOmnichannel inventory management across display, mobile, video, and audioPerformance Analytics reporting platform for publishers and DSPsProgrammatic direct and automated guaranteed deal supportHeader bidding technologyAudience reach surpassing Google in the U.S. at peak

Use cases

Publisher yield optimization and ad inventory monetizationProgrammatic direct and private marketplace deal executionReal-time auction management for display, mobile, video, and audio adsAnalytics and reporting for publishers and demand-side platformsCross-channel audience reach for advertisers and agencies

Customer segments

Premium digital publishersDemand-side platforms (DSPs)Advertising agenciesBrand advertisersMobile app developers

Tech & specs

Technology stack

MapR (Hadoop-based distributed data platform)Real-time bidding infrastructureApache Druid / Imply (analytics)Cloud-based ad servingHeader bidding technology

Security & compliance

GDPRCCPAIAB standards complianceads.txt support

Deployment

Cloud

API

Yes

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